To do an excessive amount in one area in an effort to overcome a perceived lack in another area.
Infinitiveovercompensate
Past simpleovercompensated
Past participleovercompensated
-ing formovercompensating
Full conjugation of the English verb to overcompensate (past simple overcompensated,
past participle overcompensated):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
overcompensate
you
overcompensate
he/she/it
overcompensates
we
overcompensate
you
overcompensate
they
overcompensate
Present continuous
I
am overcompensating
you
are overcompensating
he/she/it
is overcompensating
we
are overcompensating
you
are overcompensating
they
are overcompensating
Present perfect
I
have overcompensated
you
have overcompensated
he/she/it
has overcompensated
we
have overcompensated
you
have overcompensated
they
have overcompensated
Present perfect continuous
I
have been overcompensating
you
have been overcompensating
he/she/it
has been overcompensating
we
have been overcompensating
you
have been overcompensating
they
have been overcompensating
Past simple
I
overcompensated
you
overcompensated
he/she/it
overcompensated
we
overcompensated
you
overcompensated
they
overcompensated
Past continuous
I
was overcompensating
you
were overcompensating
he/she/it
was overcompensating
we
were overcompensating
you
were overcompensating
they
were overcompensating
Past perfect
I
had overcompensated
you
had overcompensated
he/she/it
had overcompensated
we
had overcompensated
you
had overcompensated
they
had overcompensated
Past perfect continuous
I
had been overcompensating
you
had been overcompensating
he/she/it
had been overcompensating
we
had been overcompensating
you
had been overcompensating
they
had been overcompensating
Future simple
I
will overcompensate
you
will overcompensate
he/she/it
will overcompensate
we
will overcompensate
you
will overcompensate
they
will overcompensate
Future continuous
I
will be overcompensating
you
will be overcompensating
he/she/it
will be overcompensating
we
will be overcompensating
you
will be overcompensating
they
will be overcompensating
Future perfect
I
will have overcompensated
you
will have overcompensated
he/she/it
will have overcompensated
we
will have overcompensated
you
will have overcompensated
they
will have overcompensated
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been overcompensating
you
will have been overcompensating
he/she/it
will have been overcompensating
we
will have been overcompensating
you
will have been overcompensating
they
will have been overcompensating
Conditional
Present
I
would overcompensate
you
would overcompensate
he/she/it
would overcompensate
we
would overcompensate
you
would overcompensate
they
would overcompensate
Present continuous
I
would be overcompensating
you
would be overcompensating
he/she/it
would be overcompensating
we
would be overcompensating
you
would be overcompensating
they
would be overcompensating
Perfect
I
would have overcompensated
you
would have overcompensated
he/she/it
would have overcompensated
we
would have overcompensated
you
would have overcompensated
they
would have overcompensated
Perfect continuous
I
would have been overcompensating
you
would have been overcompensating
he/she/it
would have been overcompensating
we
would have been overcompensating
you
would have been overcompensating
they
would have been overcompensating
Subjunctive
Present
that I
overcompensate
that you
overcompensate
that he/she/it
overcompensate
that we
overcompensate
that you
overcompensate
that they
overcompensate
Past
if I
overcompensated
if you
overcompensated
if he/she/it
overcompensated
if we
overcompensated
if you
overcompensated
if they
overcompensated
Imperative
Affirmative
you
overcompensate
we
let's overcompensate
Negative
you
don't overcompensate
we
let's not overcompensate
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to overcompensate
Perfect infinitive
to have overcompensated
Present participle / gerund
overcompensating
Past participle
overcompensated
Conjugations: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), adapted, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.